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An inmate at the Westchester County Jail is set to spend more time behind bars after admitting to assaulting a pair of corrections officers in separate incidents in the past year.

John Wooten, an inmate at the jail, has pleaded guilty to two counts of assault for attacking officers in December last year and in January. Wooten was being held at the jail on a felony criminal mischief charge dating back to an incident last December at the Grasslands Homeless Shelter in Valhalla.

Following the guilty plea, DA Scarpino said that “corrections officers do a dangerous and important job. They should know that any attack on any one of them within the County Jail will be prosecuted and we will see that justice is done.”

“Today’s plea sends a strong message -- assaulting any member of our correctional staff is unacceptable and will be dealt with swiftly. It will also carry serious consequences, including a lengthy prison sentence,” Westchester Department of Correction Commissioner Joseph Spano said. “Further, the handling of these two assaults on correction officers demonstrates the continued collaboration between all sectors of Westchester’s law enforcement community.”